BILL NUMBER: AB 2679	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to public resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2679, as introduced, Eng. Energy and water: consumption
reductions.
   Existing law, the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources
Conservation Development Act, declares, among other things, that
electrical and natural gas utilities should have as a principal goal
of their resource planning and investment to minimize the cost to
society of reliable energy services, improve the environment, and
encourage the diversity of energy sources. The act also declares that
those utilities should seek to exploit all practicable and
cost-effective conservation and improvements in the efficiency of
energy use and distribution that offer equivalent or better system of
reliability.
   Existing law authorizes any specified public entity to adopt and
enforce a water conservation program to reduce the quantity of water
used by specified persons for the purpose of conserving the water
supplies of the public entity.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that creates a tiered system for achieving consumption
reductions in energy and water in all public sector agencies for cost
reduction, cost avoidance, and environmental compliance purposes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that creates a tiered system for achieving consumption
reductions in energy and water in all public sector agencies for cost
reduction, cost avoidance, and environmental compliance purposes.